위드 코로나 시대, 취약계층 아동의 삶에 대한 탐색적 고찰

With COVID-19 Pandemic Er a, An Exploratory Study on the Lives of Vulnerable Children

The purpose of this study is to examine the difficulties that vulnerable children are experiencing in the COVID-19 pandemic, and discuss ways to solve them. First, low-income children were found to be worried about meals, and also experienced difficulties due to poor living conditions and online classes. Second, children with disabilities experience difficulties in their development and learning because they do not receive special education and treatment, and family members who care for disabled children also experience difficulties in caring for children with disabilities. Third, children from grandparents and single-parent families were found to experience economic difficulties. Children raised by grandparents experienced difficulties in online learning and single-parent children were found to experience difficulties due to the absence of childcare. Forth, in the case of institutionalized children, it was found that the risk of infection and the occurrence of conflict were increased due to the structure of multiple children living together in one space. COVID-19 appears to have a negative impact on various areas of the lives of vulnerable children, so prompt response from the government and local governments is required.